iBook & tiBooks issues
There a bunch of information floating around the web at the moment about Apple's iBooks and Powerbooks having some real reliability issues. Much is referenced, but from what I can gather the majors are: battery issues, dying screens, heat, dying ports, breaking components and big time glitches from within OSX (kernel panics, etc) that perhaps point to the build being shipped not being fully compatible with the new models.
It pretty much matches with my experiences, and is a little depressing. Mac's are considered to be a luxury item, and Jobs' has even compared them to luxury car makers... If the gearshift nob of your neon falls off, well, they have cheap components and you would be pretty annoyed. If the gearshift nob of your jaguar breaks off, you feel a little ripped off.
Some mac users out there poo-poo this type of information, saying things like "Mine works just fine." which is a little short-sighted. I'm in the camp that thinks their obviously real problems that are not helping the platform whatsoever. Then again, I use a lot of mac hardware (and have seen a lot of the issues mentioend above) and try to keep in touch with what's going on with it, not just with mine.
Quite honestly, while I love macs there just isn't a single model I can recommend right now to someone who is interested in the platform and wants something that is fast, reliable and not overly pricey. That disturbs me, and I have a feeling it might show up in Apple's upcoming quarterly figures.
Posted by drunkenbatmanMarch 26, 2003, at 03:50 PM
